And if I didn't misunderstand this, his name got mentioned for WC in Metz? http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/fr...-et-Parra.html Since he's playing DC next week, it almost makes sense then to go to Metz after Lyon. He's at 41, he needs to be at 38 (or 37 if Haas entered with protected ranking) to make direct Entry of Bercy, Metz the last tourney he can gain positions for Bercy entry, but he will need to make final to gain pt. And if he's not playing Bangkok, then he needs to gain a lot of pts to avoid dropping out off top 50 after Bangkok... Metz WCs to be announce next thurs if anyone's interested. Too bad he's in such a struggle in ranking, so much is at stake, he just can't afford to take any time off to spend with his family, but I'm sure they will understand and be there for him.

sorry if i offended any one . i never wanted to be mean...i am happy for them!

That's OK I actually love the fact that Carine is older, because I'm older than Gilles too! 5 years is nothing, anyway - I admit it would be a bit weird if she was about 65 years old... though love works in funny ways!

09-06-2010 09:27 AM

anastasia_ew

Re: News thread

sorry if i offended any one . i never wanted to be mean...i am happy for them!

09-05-2010 06:06 PM

lalaland

Re: News thread

unfortunately, that's what we got here, unless one of you francophone can be an and do us translation .

09-05-2010 06:03 PM

Puschkin

Re: News thread

these translations are hopeless.

Quote:

If Guy Forget was selected for the semi-final Davis Cup against Argentina (17-19 September, Lyon), Simon will he instead wanted to make a forehand or reu-reverse?

rather free, but hopefuly it makes more sense:
If Guy Forget selects him for DC, Simon will prefer listening to bababab (nonsense word, uttered by babies, "areu" in French) or hitting FH and BHs?

09-05-2010 05:51 PM

lalaland

Re: News thread

Google translation:

Dad, it is very Nadal?
Gilles Simon can not lose tomorrow: or he beats the world number 1, or he goes to see his son, born three days ago.

FROM SEVENTY-TWELVE hours The Clash ensures the bank of his life of Gilles Simon. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Which can be translated as, if you will, by: but what am I doing here? Thursday morning, Gilles Simon was crying because of two phrases he had not expected so soon. On the phone, his beloved Carine said: "I waste waters. I'm in maternity. "This is no Concorde and we regret that no one in this world was to invent the damn teleportation. In short, given the distances, Simon can not make a Pavel (*). He will see the first photo of the mug of his son while he trains, mobile in the pocket of the shorts, deep in Flushing Meadows. It was not expected at all in his dreams, that. "I wanted so badly be at the born with Carine and see Timothy. Four weeks earlier, it's really bad luck. With Carine, it was obviously asked the question a thousand times. What do I do? I go where I left? Anyone in my situation would have been uncomfortable. And Simon is stuck. Listen Timothy, Dad was away on business in New York. He returned soon. It will tell you that you had one day when he won his first match after being two sets to one lead. And it was then the seventh French to beat a seed in USOpen. If you do not like tennis, it will make you a nice leg. Otherwise, here is what your father said of his match against Philipp Kohlschreiber, the thirty-first world (4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in 2 hours 45 minutes). "Before, even during the game, I do not know if I want to win or not. At first I had trouble concentrating. Do I still wanted to win more for the baby? Uh, not really. In three days, he should not hit on what is happening. I think especially of Carine. I would say that there was less motivation. (Laughter). The hardest part, it has been to decide if I really wanted to win. When I learned that yes, it was the beginning of the fifth set. I really scored two very good sets last. I ran well, I served very well and my attack went high. And I did not say a word in a match in five sets, which had never happened. As I was not going to be sad to lose, I'm very relaxed. "Daddy, daddy cool.

and then a photo of his holding that little T
Gilles Simon does not know if he will be able to beat Rafael Nadal today. But he knows what he will bring back a souvenir to his newborn: This cute little t-shirt symbol "U.S. Open" it presents with emotion at the press.

"If I see my child when he was ten days, I'll have the bowls"

When his US Open stop, it will perhaps make a choice. Corneille, choice. If Guy Forget was selected for the semi-final Davis Cup against Argentina (17-19 September, Lyon), Simon will he instead wanted to make a forehand or reu-reverse? "The arrival of the baby changes all my life. At the same time, I'll have to get used to. If he selects me, I will talk to Guy. In the meantime, here
Nadal

Oh, and in case if anyone didn't know, the Pavel reference. Pavel drove home from RG to Germany in between his matches to attend his kid's birth.
(he was lucky then that he and his wife were in the same continent when that happened).

09-05-2010 05:44 PM

lalaland

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Hope I'm not overwhelming anyone by posting the same story in different version of press, but this one is the version that appears on L'Equipe, the paper version.

they love each other, that's not good enough for you?... certainly good enough for him.

Actually, we don't know much about Carine, she and Gilles don't live their lives in front of the public eyes, they are very private ppl and we respect that (hence, I'm against having a thread that focus on his private life, that seems so intrusive). That being said, we talked about them occasionally mostly when we saw her around in tournament or if he talks about her. I can't speak for the others here, but I like her a lot, she seems sweet and they seem perfect for each other. So I take offense if posters don't show respect for her.

Resurgent after a year of injuries and doubt, Gilles Simon has put himself back into the third round of the United States Open, where he will face No. 1-seeded Rafael Nadal on Sunday.

“If I win, it’s fabulous,” Simon said. “And if I lose, it’s even more fabulous.”

If that sounds like a misquote, it is not. Simon became a father for the first time Thursday, but his son, Timothée, was born in France, four weeks early. With his companion, Carine, going into labor unexpectedly, there was no time for Simon to stick to the plan and get back to France in time to assist with the birth.

“That’s where the Concorde was a great thing,” he said, looking subdued on Friday night, even though he had just beaten 29th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber in five sets.

But the Concorde, the supersonic plane that once shuttled passengers between Paris and New York in less than four hours, is no longer in service, and so Simon, at the urging of his family, decided to play on.

“It’s been rough; anybody in this situation would have felt ill at ease,” he said. “In any case, I couldn’t have been there. When I fell asleep on Wednesday, there was no sign, and the next day, I get a call to tell me: ‘My water broke. I’m at the maternity ward.’

“I couldn’t have made it in time.”

Nadal, informed of Simon’s predicament, joked that he would be happy to buy Simon a ticket back to France before their match. But Simon, however torn, appears committed to playing out his hand in New York.

It is the downside of the nomadic life of a tennis professional but also a reflection of where Simon finds himself at this sensitive stage of his career. Little more than a year ago, he was on the way up after reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2009 Australian Open.

In 2008, he had beaten Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, making use of his fine tennis brain, silken footwork and counterpunching style to climb into the top 10 and even take part in the ATP Tour’s elite year-end championships, reserved for the top eight men in the game.

But the second half of Simon’s 2009 season was spoiled by a knee injury, and the same problem forced him to take two more extended breaks from competition this year. But his results since Wimbledon, where he reached the third round, have been encouraging and include a victory over Andy Roddick in Washington.

Though Simon is now No. 42 in the world, his game and health finally appear headed in the right direction.

“I think if not for all he’s been through, he would have left the tournament,” Remi Barbarin said. “But he’s worked so hard to come back.”

Barbarin, who coaches the French player Michael Llodra, was one of several Frenchmen here who dined with Simon on Thursday night at the restaurant Tout-Va-Bien, which translates to All Is Well. That was hardly the way Simon was feeling that night, or when he took the court against Kohlschreiber on Friday.

“I simply told myself that if I lose the match, it would not affect me in the least,” Simon said. “It was difficult to find the motivation. On the court, my concentration wasn’t there all the time. In the end, I enjoyed myself quite a bit because I was really loose out there. I didn’t say a word for five sets, which has never happened before. In the end, it actually allowed me to play a very good match, particularly at the end.”

An even better match (particularly at the end) will presumably be required if Simon is to prolong his quandary by beating Nadal. Simon’s lone victory over Nadal came on an indoor hardcourt in the semifinals of the Masters Series event in Madrid in 2008, when Nadal was struggling after pushing himself to the French Open, Wimbledon and Olympic titles.

In Simon’s three other matches with Nadal, he has not won a set, and it was Nadal who stopped him at the Australian Open in 2009, winning, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5, despite Simon’s multiple attempts to shift tactics and rhythm.

“Tactically very interesting,” Federer said at the time.

Making it interesting this time could be even more of a challenge, with Nadal never more eager to win this tournament and Simon pulled in two directions.

“I’ll try everything, and if I lose, frankly it’s normal,” he said. “I just hope they let us play early, because the planes for Paris are at night, and if it doesn’t go well, I really wouldn’t want to miss that plane.”

Simon: "A special match"
After his win against Philipp Kohlschreiber, Gilles Simon had an ambivalent feeling: join his son and his girlfriend or win his match.

"Gilles Simon, how did you feel about this game?
It was a special match. It was not clear just whether I want to win the match or not. These days have been pretty difficult with a huge disappointment not to attend the birth . I really would have liked it if not that much in advance. Four weeks in advance, this is not luck. I woke up with this weird feeling. I talked with my relatives to know what to do. It was not easy and at the finish, I managed to play a good game.
Are there any extra motivation with the birth of your child?
Not really. I would say that there might be a little less motivation (smiles), but there are plenty of relaxation. I was just saying that if I lost this match, it would not affect me at all. It was hard to find motivation. On the court, my concentration was not always there. Finally, I took a lot of fun because I'm very relaxed. I did not say a word in five sets, which has never had me, (smiles)so true. On arrival, it allows me to do a very good game with very good late in the game.

It's a tough choice ...
It is not clear. Anyone in this situation would be a bit uncomfortable. Anyway, I could not be there. When I'm asleep, there was no sign and the next day they called me and said: "I waste waters, I am in maternity. I could not be there on time. Now I have a very complicated game to the next round, I'll try to do what I can". If I win, it's fabulous. If I lose, it's even more fabulous (smiles).

How do you approach your next round against Rafael Nadal?
I like the deal because there is physical combat. For me, this is the best player in the world because he plays the best from the baseline. I'm still a bit resistant to the service level. I like to lose if because my opponent played better from the bottom (smiles). Against him is almost always the case. They are fun to play games, big fights. Sometimes, I worry him. We know that all points are hard to win against him and when we have opportunities, do not let them. It's hard to beat. I will try to win. Rafa, like children, you beat him twice in your life (laughs). I will do everything to win, but if I lose too bad, it's not serious. "- Collected by EA, in New York

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